Land of the ancestor Joseph Thériault in St-Jean-Port-Joli

Commemorative plaque placed in 2010 on the land of the ancestor Joseph Thériault in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.

Congrès mondial acadien 2019

Together
We shall participate to the CMA 2019
from 10 to 24 August 2019
www.cma2019.ca

Georges Therriault and Irène Dufresne

Family of Georges Therriault and Irène Dufresne -pioneers of the Eastern Townships, QC around 1850

Who are we ?

The Association, founded in 1972, aims to bring together Thériault descendants in America--from Canada as well as from the United States. (Thériault also includes Therriault, Theriot, Thériot, Thério, Therrio, Therriot, Terrio, Terriot and other spellings.)

Our mission ?

Our objectives:• Promote a sense of belonging of our ancestor Jehan Terriot to the Acadian line;• Discovering our roots;• Discovering the migration history of the ancestors and their installation in North America.

Why become a member ?

Various activities stimulate exchanges between members of the Association in respect of regional choices. These meetings help to establish contacts with other groups such as, for example, the World Acadian Congress, genealogical fairs, annual meetings, etc..

Text of Jacques Lacoursière’s presentation on the Thériault family, as aired on June 7 1998 on CBV-Radio-Canada as part of the program “J’ai souvenir encore” (“I Still Remember”).

(Translated from French by John Mark Hopkins)

Family: The Thériaults

There may be many ways to spell the surname Thériault, but there aren’t very many ancestors. Yvon Thériault writes in the May 1992 issue of the magazine L’ancêtre [“The Ancestor”]: “It appears that the ancestor of all the Thériaults in America is Jean Terriot, a plowman from Poitou, recruited to Acadia in the middle of the 17th century by Charles de Menou, Sieur d’Aulnay et de Charnisay and governor of Acadia”. This means that the Thériaults in Québec are originally from Acadia.